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O'BRIEN TELLS
OF TRAINING
PHILADELPHIAN PRIZE PRESS
AGENT
Gets Away with Letter Which Refers
to Ancient Athletic Heroes.
Pats Angelenos on
the Back
lfI If there be a better press Agent In the
9 country than Jack O'Brien let him step
1 forth and make a noise. For wondrous
roncoctlons Mr. O'Brien ha« every
thing In the press gag line beaten by
neveral city blocks. Whether he wins
, from Tommy Burns next Wednesday
evening Is something of a disputed
question, but that he is there with all
the bull which could possibly be accu
mulated no one will deny.
Under ordinary circumstances a let
ter of such tenure as the following
might be overlooked, but we could not
consign the epistle to a waste bas
ket without twinges of conscience that
an epic was being tossed aside. There
fore listen to the following:
Feeling that the public In general
'.'. Is Interested in my coming contest
and my method of training I propose
to give a short account of my work and
my Impressions of -this young city of
.the' west. I have 'been- quite carried
away Iby the splendor of Its scenery
and the immense wealth of its natural
: dower.
: The latter will place Los Angeles at
no distant date among the first cities
of the world; the former should Imbue
r . ' her citizens with such a desire for
: health, strength and athletic beauty as
• should bring them tola rivalry with
the ancient Greeks in all those lofty
arts that tend to make life a possession
V of Joy. Let this be said: I never look
from my windows In the ship at Venice
. but I remember — like some old dream
as It were flashing over my awakened
memory— outlines of old Greece and
. - the i homes of her Immortal athletes.
, From such mountains as- those, over
.such a sea Telemachus hurled his
hissing spear and with peering eyes
I ■ searched the wide main for the return
.of. his sire; while from such a world
of. fruit and flowers Ulysses strove to
• break from the charms of Calypsls
I isle and the love light In the eyes of its
,-. queen. In such hidden Vales as here
1 abound Glacus might have been found
mending his plow with his iron fist,
.or, later, training for his Olympian con
tests, won with such artless grace.
,1, 1 fear that in point of physique Gla
r cus would have made me appear as a
I greyhound by the Ride of a dray horse,
I but I feel that what we may have lost
in size and weight we have gained in
■ : science and perfect training. It is
probable that Corbett, McCoy or my-
I self could give the old boxers with the
cestus in the Olympiads some startling
; , wrlngles, not to mention a few scientific
• Jolts on vital points that are not eon
1 ducive to a mane equilibrium when
- thus Jabbed.
■ But let me put these reminiscences
of my books and dreams apart. I will
'say that I have never been in harder
I training or more satisfied with all the
I -work accomplished. • Whatever else may
m be, I assert, with all the power I pos
h Bess 'that' in j all my. contests the > best
„*.:, ,*. : ijian that In all my ever do anything
n has won. If I ever do anything
i t<v deservedly forfeit the friendship I
■'. have ' met with ■• everywhere in these
' big-hearted United States then I will
I hide myself from the face of their peo
ples and sink to a well earned ob
: livion.
■ It is time that the Augean stables of
I professional sport and athletics In
America were cleansed.
:■■ It Is my hope and ambition that some
9 day not far hence I may prove myself
r •worthy of recognition from the citizens
■ of the United States in a line of work
I far above the position I occupy at pres
centeent as her exponent of scientific boxing,
athletic training and clean living.
• Our genial host, Frank Lawton, of
I the good ship Cabrlllo at Venice is ca
tering to our every need, and I must
say that I have never been in better
or more adaptable quarters.
* 1 I am ably assisted in my good work
■ by my "faithful Mortimer," who, as
my personal attendant, has proved him
self Invaluable. "Bob" Ward, who re
cently won the amateur heavyweight
•championship at San Francisco, and
.Abdul the Turk are assisting me dur
ing the final two weeks of my training.
*I. have every confidence In my ability
: to defend my title, as I have done in
■ tho past.
' |£I realize that In meeting Burns I am
r conceding between fifteen and twenty
■ ponnds and contesting with him under
I rules that have proved his stronghold
■In the past. '
y vl shall train diligently and hope to
have the good news flashed across the
i ; country In my favor on the night of
the 28th. Respectfully,
PHILA. JACK O'BRIEN.
KEOGH RETAINS THE
POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
By Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. V.. Nov. 23.-The last
block of 200 balls in the championship
match between Champion Keogh o?
Buffalo and Fred Tallman of Rochester,
N. V., was played last night, and the
result was a decisive victory for Keogh.
The score for last night's play was:
Keogh, 193; Tallman, 81.
Grand total— Keogh, ltiOO; Tallman,
344.
Keogh retains the championship.
PHILADELPHIA JACK
GIVES BOXING BOUT
Special to The Herald
VENICE, Nov. 23.— Battling Swansea,
Jack O'Brien's valet, and Jink Lee, a
semi-professional tighter, were the |/i mr
r I pa. In In an eight-round boxing exhlbl
ti at the skatiiiK rink here tonight.
I set-to was fast and w;is referred
Jack O'Brifii, whose decision of
w was well>eceivcd. Several hun
dred spectators were present.
SAN JOSE TO HOLD
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
By Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 23. — The
first automobile show ever
given in this state will be held
in this city early in January,
and it is expected to be a rep
resentative exhibition.
Bicycles and motorcycles
also will be exhibited, all under
the auspices of the Garden City
Wheelmen and Motorcyclers'
club.
IS PRIZE PRESS AGENT
JACK O'BRIEN
INVENTS NEW
FOOTBALL GAME
RULES CALL FOR CONTEST
INDOORS
One of the Features of the Game Is the
Way the Pigskin Is Kept from
Being Kicked Out of
Bounds
George W. Hancock, the inventor of
indoor baseball, has originated a new
game for gridiron players, which ho has
named "Hancock's indoor football." and
which contains some novel and striking
points never before introduced into the
sport.
His rules will permit the playing of
the game in rinks or halls, where the
spectators may be comfortably ' seated
and enjoy the contest, as hi- also an
ranged for the indoor baseball sport.
One of the odd features of the game is
the way in which he prevents the ball
from being kicked out of bounds whore
the area is naturally limited. Mr. Han
cock proposes to "anchor" the brill to
one of the players with a thirty-foot
cord, which of itself must occasion
many laughable situations.
The scheme of the game and the
rules he has formulated are as ful
lows:
Material for Game
The ball, which may be a football
shaped punching bag, shall have a
strong loop at one elongated end, to
which shall be attached a pliable laiiat
like cord at the other end of which
shall be a snapper by which the cord
may be hitched quickly to the ring in
the anchor's belt.
The player called the anchor shall
wear a tug-of-war belt, to the front of
which shall be securely attached a ring.
The anchor cord shall be thirty feet
in length.
Players shall be provided with suits
heavily padded at the knees and hips,
antl shall wear rubber-soled shoes.
Grounds
Grounds shall be 100 by GO feet.
I^ines shall he marked the short wny
every ten feet.
Players
Nine players shall constitute a side.
The players on each side shall be live
ForwKda, one quarterback, one half
back, one fullback and an anchor who
shall be a 'free lance."
Rules
1. rhoice of goals shall be decided by
lot, and same goals shall be retained
throughout the game.
\L. The kickoff shall be decided, by lot
and the ball shall be placed on the
sixty-foot line from the opponents' goal
line, equi-distant from the side lines.
3. The side having the kickoff shall
be termed the kickers to distinguish
them from the receivers, and shall line
Up us follow! : Four forwards on the
fifty-foot line; one forward ready to
kick ball from sixty-foot line; quarter
back, halfback and fullback to take
such positions in rear as may be as
signed them by their captain; anchor
attached to ball and placed to one
side of the ball on the same sixty-foot
line but not more than four feet from
the ball.
4. The receivers shall be placed as
follow*: Five forwards on the forty
toot line; the quarterbacks, halfbacks
ana I'ullbaekn taking positions desisr
nattd l>y their captain; the anchor to
take any position behind the forty-foot
line.
!">. The ball is to be kicked toward op
ponents' goal line.
6. Players must not move from prop
er line until ball is kicked.
7. Player who gets ball after kit koff
may run toward his opponents' Kual, or
may puss it buck to one of his own tide,
or may make a "down" by placing his
hand on any part of his body, or the
ball, on the floor.
8. A down Is to be called at any time
when the player with ban touches one
hand, or any part of the body, or the
ball to the floor.
9. A down shall be declared when the
cord becomes tangled with the players
so no further progress can be made.
1 0. A down shall be declared when
teams become deadlocked and can make
no further progress.
1. When a down occurs either vol
untary or otherwise the ball shall bo
placed. In the scrimmage as follows:
Four of the side having the ball lhaal
line up directly behind the player hav
ing the ball, who shall puns It back be
tween his legs to one of these players.
The anchor shall be on a line with the
ball, not over four feet from It. The
five forwards' of the other side shall
line up three feet In front of the ball.
Whefl the player to whom the ball la
passed . receives the ball he may do
with It the same at when received from
a. kltkoff. 0
U . The side with the ball must sain
LOS ANGELES HERALD- SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 24. 1906.
ten feet In the scrimmage in throe
downs or ball shall go to opponents.
13. The original anchor shall remain
nttached to the bull until a player ll
downed between the anchor and the
anchor's own goal line, when the cord
| shall be changred over to the anchor of
i the opposing team.
I 14. The anchor to whom the ball is
attached shall not touch the ball with
his hands at any time, but m;iy pull
tho cord or use his feet on the ball
after it is in play.
15. The player with the ball shall only
be lackled above tho belt line.
16. Any player may pull on the cord
at any time when the ball is in piny,
but must not coil the cord in any way.
17. No forward pass shall be al
lowed.
I 18. Anchor may move around within
field bounds wherever he chooses when
ball is in play.
18. Dropped ball belongs to side
which pets it after tho fumble.
I 20. Ball going outside of the side
lines shall be brought into scrimmage
even with the point at which it went
over.
21. Opposing players shall not hold
the anchor, but the players on his own
side may hold him.
2. The ball may be dribbled, kicked,
run with, or passed back.
23. If the cord or attachments get
out of order during the play, the ball
shall be scrimmaged at the spot where
it was when the accident occurred.
24. Goal is scored when the ball is
touched down behind opponent's goal
line.
'.'".. Safety is scored when a touch
i down Is made by side with ball behind
| its own goal line.
I 26. A foul shall be declared:
(a) When a tackle is made contrary
to rule 15.
(b) When a player is offside when
play is ready to begin.
27. Scores shall be recorded as fol
lows :
(a) When a goal is made, 5 points.
(b) When safety is made, 2 points
for opponents.
(c) When foul is committed, 1 point
for opponents.
(d ) For each ten feet made in scrim
mage, 1 point.
28. Play shall continue through 25
minute halves, exclusive of lost time.
29. There ahafl be ten minutes' rest
between halves.
30. Officials shall be a referee, two
linesmen and a timekeeper.
TODAY'S ENTRIES
AT EMERYVILLE
Emeryville entries foi- today are;
First race, six furlongs, selling S
y<ar-olds — 91. •l^ord Nelson. 100: l<
Fred Bent, 10:.: 86. T;ivora \0~;' 8«!
I'm Joe, 108; Sti, Gov. Davtl,' 106; 9GS6,
Siio;:. •Prim.- Nap, 100 i 9566:*' Chief
AVittiiian. 108.
Sriond race, live furlongs, purse, 2
rear-oldl — 74. Ocean Short;, 111- 74
Fred- Mulholland. 114; 84, Pesoadera!
1 06; 74, Al Llndley, 106; 85, Eltndale,
14; 84, Pasodella, 106; Clamor
14; 74, Mr*. Mathews, 111; 84, Salpearl
1 06; 9891, Calinar, 109. \
Third race, one milo and an eighth,
selling, 4-, year-olds and upward— 76,
•Bfnvolio, lOS; 79, Jack Little -107; 87.
•Watercure, 101; 88, "Bombardier 96;
8, Iras, 101: 79, W. B. Gates 101; 79,
Sir Carter 101.
Fourth race, one mile and 100 yards,
Artful handicap, 8-year-olds and up
ward, value $1000 — 81, Loglstllla, 120;
81, Rumus, 100; Ul7O, Lubin 112; R'J
Dolinda, 102; 63, Supreme Court, 105;
7. Tom Roberts. 94.
Fifth race, one mile, selling-, 3-year-
Olds and upward, by subscription — 73,
Military Man, 112; 87. *Rolla, 99; 80,
Jiu-kfiill, 109; 87, 'Harbor, 107; OS.
•Dewey, 107; 69, Little Joker, ]09.
Sixth race, six fuiionKS, purse, 4
year-Oldl and upward — 68, Ruby lOS;
in. Van Ness, 106: 76. Platoon, 100; 7r>,
Romalne, 105; 75, Princesw Tltanla,
105; 70, Royal Rogue, 105; !)418, Celeres,
12.
'Apprentice allowance.
WIN BILLIARD TOURNEY
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.— Harry Cllne
of Philadelphia and Edward McLaugh
1 ii of New York were winners today
In the 18.2 balk line billiard tourna
ment for the short stop champ!oimhii>.
In tin- afternoon McLaughlin easily
beat Frank Hoppe 40U to 261. In the
evening Cllne defeated Gallagher 400 to
378.
CUTLER DEFEATS
FRANK HOPPE
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.— 1n
yesterday's matches in the
American championship bil
liard tournament the winners
were Albert Cutler of Boston
and Thomas Gallagher of New
York. Cutler defeated Frank
Hoppe in the afternoon, 400 to
183, and Gallagher bested
Charles Peterson of St. Louis
in the night match, 400 to 200.
A SCOT PROGRAM
IS ANNOUNCED
JONATHAN CLUB HANDICAP TO
BE FEATURE
Santa Catallna Selling Stake Event to
Be Run December B—Ninetytwo8 — Ninety
two Entries Already
Received
I The program for the first nine dny*
. of the ABcot meeting was announced
I yesterday, afternoon by Manager J. \V.
• Brook". The opening day, which will be
', featured by the Jonathan club handi
| cap, will be Thanksgiving, and already
, thirty-five horses have been nominated
i to contest for the puree,
One other stable la Included In the
\ program for the first nine days besldns
, the Jonathan handicap. The Bantu
■ Catallm Belling stake la to be run
1 Saturday, December 8. Four selling
fSlces, one stake and a puree event arc
, scheduled for the opening day.
Whether the meeting will continue for
| Hi.- scheduled period of ninety days will
; not be known until It Is seen what
, action the law takes In the matter, as
. pool railing is not allowed inside the
> city limits,
For the nisi three days of the meet,
, which are the last three of the week,
, there will be but one handicap besides
i the Jonathan club stake event. But for
■ the next week five handicaps will be
; run besides the Santa Catallna selling
stakes.
This will give (ho horsemen plenty of
opportunity to keep their horses busy
I during the meet.
Ninety-two nominations for the sec
ond classic event, the Santa Cataline
stakes, have been received, making the
gross value of the stakes $2500, esti
mated.
ln the event of the Santa Oatalln:i
will be run. There will also be two
steeplechases, one to be on Monday,
the other Thursday. . .
ln the event of the Santa Cataina
stakes many of the fine eastern run
ners are entered, among whom are
Optician, Waterbury, Merreil, Azor,
Troupee, John Lyle and many others.
George Rose-, who has returned re
cently from San Francisco, states that
affairs had taken such a favorable turn
that he thinks there Will be no trouble
i in carrying out the original project and
completing- the schedule for the ninety
days.
The program for the first day is as
f ollows:
First race— Purse $400, for 2-year
o!dsoo!ds and upward, with allowances for
non-winners. Futurity course.
Second race, selling, purse $400, for
3-year-olds and upward, selling allow
ances. One mile and seventy yards.
Third race, selling, purse $400, penal
ties and allowances , for 2-year-olds.
Five and a half furlongs.
Fourth Jonathan club handicap,
sweepstakes for 2-year-olds and up
ward, with penalties. Weights to be
announced three days prior to race
(Monday). One mile and one-sixteenth.
Fifth race — Selling, purs* $400, 3-year
olds and upward, with penalties. Six
furlongs.
Sixth race — Selling, purse $400, for 2
year-olds, penalties and allowances.
Five and one-half furlongs.
FAVORITES WIN
AT EMERYVILLE
I Twelve to One Shot Gets First Place
In the Fifth Raoe on
the Northern
Track
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.— Four
favorites and a J- to 1 won at Emery
ville today. Results:
Five furlongs, selling— Judge, 107 (Da
vis), 2 to 1, won; K. M. Brattain, 119
(Dugan), 11 to 5, second; Jake Ward,
14 (B. Dutan). 20 to 1, third. Time,
1:018-5. Comilfo. Tim Hurst. Miss Pto
vo, Ballast, Yo San, Lettie Hicks, De
Grainmont also ran.
Five furlongs, selling— Golden Rule,
19 (Knapp), 9 to v, won: Mimo, 119
(A. Brown), 5 to 1. second; Mario H,
19 (Klrshbaum), 20 to 1, third. Time,
1:01 2-6. Sacredus, Dr. Rowell, Princess,
Mclar also ran.
Five furlongs— Canique, 109 (Mc-
Bride). 8 to 5, won; Como, 109 (Law
renoe), 30 to 1, second; St. Elmwood,
12 (Leeds), 3 to 1, third. Time, 1:01.
F. Neugent, Joe Harlan, Roalta, Kru
ka, Combury, Sain McGibbon, Radium
Dance, Red Ball, Doron also ran.
Six furlongs — Gypsy King, 108.
(Knapp), 11 to 5, won: Jessup, 112
(Mdntyre), 9 to 5, second: Cloudlight,
109 (McKrlde), 3 to 1, third. Time,
1:128-6. Foolma, Robert Mitchell, The
Missourian, Tocolaw also ran.
On« mile and fifty yards, selling—
Briers, U6 (Buxton), 12 to 1, won; Fisher
Boy, 104 (Rullmaii), 3 to 1, second; Petit
Due, 08 (Hunter), 9 to 5, third. Time,
l:4:t :;-;.. Ed Sheridan, Salable, Henry
Wuite also ran.
one mile Blua Kyes, 109 (A. Brown),
4 to 2, won: J. C. Clem, 104 (Rettig). 2
to 1, second; Baker, 112 (Lawrence), 4
to 2, third. Time, 1:411-5. Cholk Hed
rick, Captain Bush also ran.
BENNINGB RESULTS'
By Assoiiutiil I'r.sa.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.— Bennings
results:
Six furlongs— Zlenap won, Oraculum
second, Dolly Spanker third; time
1:15 3-5.
One mile— Agile won, Red Light sec
ond, Sally X third: time 1:43.
One mile and forty yards— Onatus
won, Selon Shingle second, Lord of the
ale third; time 1:45.
One mile and fifty yards— Oresulna
won, O. L. M. necoiid; time 1:47. Two
starters.
Six furlongs — Landsman won. Lee
Harrison II second, Bright Boy third;
time 1:16.
Seven furlongs — Chalfonte won, Killo
chan second, Hcarfell third; time
1:29 1-6.
WINB WRESTLING MATCH
By Assooluted Press. •
CHICAGO, Nov. i!3.-Fiauk Ootch of
lowa defeated l.co l'imlello, tin- li.il
ian, In a catch-as-cutch-can wrest
ling match tonight, winning two
straight falls.
After much wrangling, Joe Walcott
and Hilly Rhodes were finally matched
to box fifteen rounds before the Lincoln
club, Chelsea, Mass., , Thanksgiving
night. .
RAIN PREVENTS THE
FINISH OF PROGRAM
Owing to the rain that for
a clay and a half has been fall
ing, the track at Agricultural
park is in no fit condition to
finish the program which had
been planned for this week. It
is probable that no racing will
take place today unless the sun
again graces the southland and
the clouds clear away.
President C. A. Canfield of
the Los Angeles Harness
Horse association stated yes
terday that it was not known
what the directors of the asso
ciation would do, but that it
was likely that there would be
a day or two of racing next
week.
It is certain, however, that
the track in its present condi
tion cannot be used for several
days, and the lovers of horse
flesh will be disappointed in
their expectation of having
three days more of harness
racing;.
WALSH SELECTS
TRAINING CAMP
WILL WORK AT EAST SIDE
QUARTERS
Feather Who Is to Meet Abe Attell
on December 7 Picks Place
in Which to Prepare
for Battle
Jimmy Walsh, the clever little
featherweight, who is matched to fight
Abe Attell for the championship on the
7th oi" next month, yesterday es
tabiisneri permanent training quarters
at the Blast Side Athletic club.
Harry Baker, the boy who had such
a close contest with the holder of the
featherweight title, also put himself in
condition for the battle at the training
quarters that the management of the
athletic club fl ted up for a training
camp.
The place is an Ideal one. belnpr on|^'
surpassed by the old stamping- ground
at BaldwinV ranch. Attell has trained
at the Arcadia camp for all of his bat
tles before the Pacific Athletic club,
and considers the place his. Nothtng
could Induce him to dfsert the place
that has never turned out n loser un
til the recent defeat of Charley Neary
by George Memslc.
The Insist Side Athletic club has one
of the best situations that can be found
for a i amp, and upon ihe completion of
the model gymnasium, offered it as s\
camp for the use of the men who box
before McCarey's club.
Jime Flynn was the first to take up
the quarters, and under the direction
of Eddie Webster prepared for his bat
tle against Tommy Burns. Jim was
the first loser that the camp turned
out, and since then the place has been
a sort of a ban to the nsrhting frater
nity until Harry Baker took a fancy,
to the place and also under Webster's
care put himself in condition to meet
Attell. Baker was the second loser.
But one fight has intervened between
that time and this during which the
Kast Side club has had no one in train
ing there. Neary selected Arcadia,
while Memsic (or Burns) went'with the
so-called heavyweight champion to the
newest place at Long: Beach. Here the
management of the bathhouse has fitted
up a place for the benefit of Tommy
Burns, who is thought very well of in
the beach town.
Walsh for a time considered a propo
sition to train at Venice, where Jack
O'Brien is now preparing to meet
Tommy Burns, but after a little
thought and upon the advice of his
manager, Kddie Keevin, who thought
that !!"■ beach would be too cool for the
little easterner, selected- the camp by
Eastlake park.
He will not take up active training
just yet: but in a few days Attoll's op
ponent will start upon the daily grind
of sotting in condition for his contest
in which he is continent that he will
win the title which so many have failed
to wrest from its present holder.
SPORTING GOSSIP
AND COMMENT
Following the English custom that
has been In vogue for many years, the
woman lawn-tennis players of tiiis
(ountry will be ranked this years for
the llrst time.
Jockey Walter Miller la due to arrive
at Emeryville the early part of next
month, and turfites are eagerly await
ing the arrival of the crack eastern
jockey.
Pitcher Randolph of the Los Angeles
and Oakland clubs has been drafted by
Conny Mack of the Philadelphia Ath
letics.
Frank Taylor. B Cambridge boy, has
been chosen captain of the Wt-sleyan
eleven for lUO7.
Marvin Hart and Mike Hchreck are
Again signed for battle. Thin time it
will be at Kaluinuzoo In December.
« .o^p JESSE MOORE / •/I
WHISKEY Wkm
on the market on its good H§^ \&a^ujl
qualities. It has been on for SE-W^jlfl )/ 1
$0 years and we have yet <s^^^k^^T %
1 to hear the first complaint. ■
LAGOMARSINO COMPANY, Distributors. 1 28-30 N. Spring I
HOW WALT MILLER
BECAME A JOCKEY
RODE FIRST RACE FOR JIMMY
• M'LAUGHLIN
America's Pre/nler Race Rider Was
Born Seventeen Yearn Ago In a
New York Tenement, but
Never Grew Up
Up four flights of a dingy tenement
ln the heart of New York"n Kant side
seventeen years ago a little one crowded
further tremble Into the family of a
poor clgarmaker.
Ho was a tiny mite— wee enough to
make his home In a hat He was 90 per
| cent appetite and 10 per cent voice. Al-
I though the cupboard was sometime*
I bare, the now entry was never scratched
at meal time, He went at post at top
weight, and came away under wraps.
He fattened against adversity out of
sheer perversity, and toddled into the
street to grow up. He was s prodigy,
but his Way to fame was hard.
There was .no little red school house
around the corner— lt was a monster of
brick. And the rails he split were the
broken pine boxes carried from the
Dutch grocer's.
He grew up— a little bit. At 14 ho
was the size of a doll, and tipped tho
SGilel at sixty-five pounds.
"What shrill ho do?" cried his father
ln dismay. "He's not big enough to get
; him ii job."
i His father was the greatest financier
ln the world. It Is wrong to believe
Wall street holds the Napoleons. Thf!
big financiers are to bo found on the
Kast side, where families of ten and
twelve thrive on less than half the sal
ary of a Wall street office boy.
"Make him a jockey," suggested a
friend. <- -•
1 And the father did.
He had a friend who knew the Inti
mate friend of Henry Stedeker, the
great eastern bookmaker. Stedeker was
willing.
"Bring him around and let me look at
I him," said Stedeker.
"Well, you are a pony," said Stedeker,
when he saw him, "but I think you'll
do. You look dead game." ,
"Say, Jimmle," said Stedeker to his
friend Mclaughlin at the track, "I know
I a kid I think would be a find for you if
you'll break him Into the game."
"What's his name?" asked McLaugh
lin.
"Oh, forget it," said Stedeker. "It's a
furlong long. Call him Miller— Walter
Miller. His real name means 'hunch' In
English."
"That's how I got Walter Miller," ex-
■ ■ plained Jimmle Mclaughlin at the
Brighton track this season. "He was
the brightest lad I ever saw. He didn't
know ii horse from a mule when he
came to mo. But he took to the game
like a fish to water, and developed
quicker than any youngster I ever
saw.
"His first mount was at Bennlngs.
He didn't win his first race, but he kept
coming. He was a game youngster. He
could run, box or wrestle, and wasn't
afraid of anything alive."
SCHOOL TEAMS
MEET TODAY
POLY AND L. A. HIGH ARE TO
CLASH
What Is Expected to Be One of the
Best Football Games of Season
Is to Be Played This
Afternoon
One of the best battles of the season
will be witnessed when the Los Ajjfeeles
high and Polytechnic high school foot
ball teams met at Fiesta pnrk this af
tornoon. Both teams are in fine condi
tion and will be able to put up one of
the best lights for what is considered
the supremacy of Southern California
In the high school division.
Captain Stan Mitchell of High is con
sidered the best player on the team, and
his work will tend to strengthen and I
hedp his teammates to victory. Poly !
had two strong men behind the line in ■
Holmes and Rhelnschlld, who will be I
able to put up a strong fight for the
honor of winning.
Holmes is a speedy and dangerous
man when it comes to kicking goals.
Polytechnic will depend much on tho
work of these two men, who are two of
the best players in that class. Holmes
has been giving the Poly boys plenty of
hard work during the last week, not let
ting them have a minute's rest from the
task of preparing themselves for the j
battle today.
Late yesterday afternoon it was de
cided that Linch should referee the
game, With Coach Hagerty of St. Vin
cent and Rook as umpires.
The line-up of the two teams was
partially decided on yeHterday, the fol
lowing men being placed:
I'OI.YTKCHNIC. HIGH SCHOOL. |
<'. Kicker»huu»er...l.e Geisler I
f'\ Rlckei*Bhauser...l.t Corcoran
Helnhoff l.g Walker'
Uiftord o Sllenti
Breedlove r.B Wudllngtou
Uhelnschild r.t Wullbrldge
Qoodwln r.e Grant
liuwvll-Wlscinan „q Berryraan
Holmes l.h Mitchell
Lane r Lull
Taylor r.h Montgomery
Tom Cooper, the bicycle rider and au
tomohiiist, was Instantly killed -,i few
idayi ago in New York In an automobile
1 accident in < Vntral \y.irh.
TWO CASES
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